Sergio Andreozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SA> 1. each time I boot my Debian Linux I have to run the following SA> command: SA> gpm -k SA> to make the mouse works! SA> How can I avoid the loading of gpm during the boot-strap? SA> Could I uninstall this program?
You could remove the gpm links from /etc/rc?.d to keep gpm from starting. Or you could remove gpm using 'dpkg --remove gpm'. (gpm is a console-mode mouse driver; some people like it a lot.) SA> 2. at the end of the boot-strap I have a graphical login. SA> How can avoid the starting of X/Gnome and have a console login? SA> In this case how can I start Gnome? You can switch to a text console using Ctrl+Alt+F1 (..F6), and switch back to X using Ctrl+Alt+F7. Or you could stop whichever of xdm, gdm, kdm, or wdm is starting at boot time the same way you stopped gpm before. Without a display manager, you can start X by typing 'startx' at the shell prompt. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell